Facebook: can't live with it, can't live without it. Between spam, privacy issues, and trash in your news feed, Facebook can get pretty annoying, and other networks like Twitter, Google+, and LinkedIn can be just as bad. As long as you're wasting all your time on social sites, why not fix them up so they work like you want them to? Here are ten ways to do just that.

9. Stop Spam in Its Tracks

The other kind of spam you get on social networks—besides the notification spam—is the spam caused by malicious links and other fake stories. The easiest way to avoid them? Don't click on anything that says any variation of "You won't believe this!" or "Win a free iPad!" or anything vaguely pornographic (and spread the message to your friends while you're at it). If you're following (or being followed by) any spam accounts on Twitter, you can also use a tool like Nest Unclutterer to clean them up.

8. Clean Up All Those Unnecessary Apps

Your social networks aren't the only ones scrambling to grab your data and attention—the third-party apps connected to them are, too. Heck, Facebook even tricks you into ignoring app permissions. The best way to clean up those app permissions (and delete the apps you don't need) is to use a service like MyPermissions, which will lead you to the necessary settings for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google, Dropbox, Instagram, and more. It'll even remind you once a month to check your permissions and clean them up, which is pretty awesome in our book.

4. Post to Multiple Networks at Once

Maybe you try to keep a presence on all networks, or maybe you've combined them into a piecemeal social network for yourself. Either way, you probably want to post some of your updates or photos to multiple networks at the same time, and luckily, that's pretty easy to do—most of the time. Posting from one network to another doesn't always work perfectly, but it can make your life a lot easier when using Facebook, Twitter, and Google+. And, if you want to include any other networks, IFTTT probably has you covered.